Heineken

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Heineken.

Proper noun

Heineken (plural Heinekens)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Heineken is the 85049^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 220 individuals. Heineken is most common among White (91.36%) individuals.

Noun

Heineken (plural Heinekens)

1. (informal) Anything that reaches parts that other things cannot (after a slogan for the Heineken brand of beer).
   • 2002, John Mohan, Planning, Markets and Hospitals, page 205:

     Some prominent advocates have therefore suggested that PFI is the 'Heineken' of privatisation, reaching hitherto untouched parts of the government machine (Kerr 1998: 18).

   • 2013, Windy Dryden, Rationality and Pluralism:

     For me REBT is the Heineken of therapies, reaching humorous parts of myself that other therapies cannot reach.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Heineken”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 156.

German

Etymology

Heine +‎ -ken

Proper noun

Heineken m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Heinekens or (with an article) Heineken, feminine genitive Heineken, plural Heinekens or Heineken)

1. a surname, Heineken

Descendants

• English: Heineken